The Department was established as reponse to the specific requirements of the Institute’s clients, as well as food exporters, importers, and inspection authorities regarding the quality, safety, and verification of the authenticity of certain types of food. This primarily includes milk and dairy products, but also honey, chocolate, and other food products.
At the time of its establishment, the main task of the Department of Instrumental Chemistry was the development of new analytical methods at the request of clients and regulatory bodies in the food sector, to contribute to a more comprehensive verification of the quality, safety, and authenticity of food produced and marketed in our country, exported to the countries of the region and the EU, or imported into Serbia for large retail chains.
At the time of its establishment, the Department had 13 accredited methods divided into four sub-disciplines.
Accredited methods in this period included:
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Determination of food colorants by high-performance liquid chromatography with PDA detection (HPLC/PDA) – extension, method code: 02H.01.031
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Determination of cholesterol by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-PDA) – extension, method code: 02H.01.029
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Determination of inorganic anions by ion chromatography, method code: 02I.01.004
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Determination of sugars in animal feed, pet food and food products by ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection, method code: 02I.01.005
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Determination of caffeine, benzoic acid, sorbic acid, acesulfame K, aspartame and saccharin by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), method code: 02I.01.007
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Determination of vitamins A and E by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/PDA), method code: 02I.01.003
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Determination of vitamin C by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-PDA), method code: 02I.01.008
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Authenticity verification of beeswax by capillary gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID), method code: 02I.01.009
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Determination of fumaric acid by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/PDA), method code: 02I.01.010
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Determination of tartaric acid by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/PDA), method code: 02I.01.011
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Determination of hesperidin and naringin by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/PDA), SRPS EN 12148:2008
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Determination of tert-butyl hydroxyanisole (BHA) and tert-butyl hydroxytoluene (BHT) by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/PDA), method code: 02I.01.002
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Determination of coumarin by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/PDA), method code: 02I.01.013
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Determination of gallates by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-PDA), method code: 02I.01.015
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Determination of vitamin B2 by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-PDA), method code: 02I.01.016
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Determination of vitamin B6 by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-PDA), method code: 02I.01.017
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Determination of quinine by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC-PDA), method code: